Technical Talks

Ofer Mendelevitch
Ofer Mendelevitch
Head of Developer Relations | Vectara

Enterprise RAG: Navigating the Build vs. Buy Decision

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ABOUT THE TALK
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In this talk, we will explore Agentic RAG, a methodology that extends standard Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications into powerful AI assistants and agents with advanced capabilities. By equipping LLMs with access to external tools—such as real-time data sources, APIs, or database access—developers can elevate AI systems beyond simple query engines, turning them into sophisticated problem-solvers that adapt to dynamic needs. We will provide a step-by-step walkthrough on how to build Agentic RAG applications, delving into the technical details of a real-world example, and discuss the challenges developers might face, including integration hurdles, handling latency, and designing for robustness.

Ofer Mendelevitch

Head of Developer Relations

Ofer Mendelevitch

Vectara

Ofer Mendelevitch leads developer relations at Vectara. He has extensive hands-on experience in machine learning, data science and big data systems across multiple industries, and has focused on developing products using large language models since 2019. Prior to Vectara he built and led data science teams at Syntegra, Helix, Lendup, Hortonworks and Yahoo! Ofer holds a B.Sc. in computer science from Technion and M.Sc. in EE from Tel Aviv university, and is the author of "Practical data science with Hadoop" (Addison Wesley).